Another recent poll in the state conducted by NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist released last week shows Obama with a slight advantage over Romney 48%-46%, also within the poll's sampling error.

In 2008, Obama narrowly won the swing state becoming the first Democrat to win North Carolina since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

This election season, President Obama has visited the state seven times since June 2011, not including his party's convention in Charlotte in early September.

Romney has visited the state four times for public events and three for private events since announcing his candidacy last June.

North Carolina has 15 electoral votes and is one of nine states CNN considers a "toss up" on its Electoral Map.

The American Research Group survey was taken by telephone from September 28-30 among 600 likely voters. The poll's sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points.
CNN's Paul Steinhauser and Dana Davidsen contributed to this report.

Romney wins, America has a fighting chance to recover economically along with the poor, middle class, unemployed, future generations, Israel. Who wouldn't want to unleash the ingenuity of the diversified American people, natural resources, capital, and work ethic to prosper everyone?

October 1, 2012 03:38 pm at 3:38 pm |

quinLee

I believe there are large swaths of my home state that are stuck in a time warp. However, there are two other major factors that I'm not sure is captured by this poll.1- the highly educated population in areas like RTP, Charlotte, Wilmington, and other college towns. 2- the power of the (legal) Latino vote. Not sure this landline poll accurately accounts for these two groups.

I live in NC and it,s going to be Blue! All u see on the road are Obama/Biden 2012 bumper stickers! We can,t wait to vote here!

October 1, 2012 03:43 pm at 3:43 pm |

SaintM

LolDems: (shoud be LOLRepubs)

New Hampshire is not Romney territory, it was a tie, but is now leaning democratic. Should be a win for Obama.
Your candidate is an arrogant, plutocratic stooge. Not presidential material at all. Just ask the foreign leaders he has spoken to recently, my money says they would rather work with Obama than Romney–even they know how stupid he is when it comes to foreign policy.

October 1, 2012 03:43 pm at 3:43 pm |

Jesse from KC

Obama is going to win, deal with it. Barring some MAJOR change in the race...

I don't think he's going to fix everything, but he's not going to do what Romney would do, which is, in my mind, destroy America's social programs, and turn us into something Ayn Rand would call Utopian.

October 1, 2012 03:44 pm at 3:44 pm |

Woman In California

truth hurts

Woman In California – IF they do go for Willard, I will never visit or call NC my hometown again.
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And I'm sure they thank you! You and your ilk are doing such a fine job of wrecking California I'm sure they would prefer you stay there.